in·flec·tion

(ĭn-flĕk′shən)

n.

1. The act of inflecting or the state of being inflected.

2. Alteration in pitch or tone of the voice.

3. Grammar

a. An alteration of the form of a word by the addition of an affix, as in English dogs from dog, or by changing the form of a base, as in English spoke from speak, that indicates grammatical features such as number, person, mood, or tense.

b. An affix indicating such a grammatical feature, as the -s in the English third person singular verb form speaks.

c. The paradigm of a word.

d. A pattern of forming paradigms, such as noun inflection or verb inflection.

4. A turning or bending away from a course or position of alignment.

in·flec′tion·al adj.

in·flec′tion·al·ly adv.

inflection

(ɪnˈflɛkʃən) or

inflexion

n

1. modulation of the voice

2. (Grammar) (grammar) a change in the form of a word, usually modification or affixation, signalling change in such grammatical functions as tense, voice, mood, person, gender, number, or case

3. an angle or bend

4. the act of inflecting or the state of being inflected

5. (Mathematics) maths a change in curvature from concave to convex or vice versa. See also point of inflection

inˈflectional, inˈflexionaladj

inˈflectionally, inˈflexionallyadv

inˈflectionless, inˈflexionlessadj

in•flec•tion

(ɪnˈflɛk ʃən)

n.

1. modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.

2.

a. the process of adding affixes to or changing the shape of a base to give it a different syntactic function without changing its form class, as in forming served from serve, sings from sing, or harder from hard (contrasted with derivation).

b. an affix added in this process, as the -s in dogs or the -ed in played.

c. an inflected form of a word.

d. the systematic description of the process of inflection in a language; accidence.

Then in the increasing gale of the sea there would be a little private ship's storm going on in which you could detect strong language, pronounced in a tone of passion and exculpatory protestations uttered with every possible inflection of injured innocence.

Monk, astonished at this language, which established between him and the French gentleman equality at least, raised his piercing eye to the stranger's face, and with a sensible irony conveyed by the inflection of his voice alone, for not a muscle of his face moved, -- "I thank you, monsieur," said he; "but, in the first place, to whom have I the honor of speaking?

Then would come the rhythm--a clapping of hands; the beating of a stick upon a log; the example of one that leaped with repetitions; or the chanting of one that uttered, explosively and regularly, with inflection that rose and fell, "A-bang, a-bang

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